Over the course of three days, teams of assistants unloaded four truckfuls of dirt to create a foundation, which they then littered with trails of gourds, pairs of running shoes, slices of marble rye, and the artist’s painted geometric forms. Stepping into the space, one gets the sense of a postapocalyptic artscape where man-made objects, natural organisms, and art sprout from the ground below. To maintain the integrity of the experience as a spontaneous art happening, the artist is limiting photography of the work.

The gallery prepares items for the installation. Photo: Michel Zabé and courtesy of the artist and Kurimanzutto

“This is probably the most ambitious project we have ever done,” notes Kurimanzutto co-founder Jose Kuri. “It’s sort of a landscape within the gallery.” Encompassing everything from pop culture references to pottery to stone sculpture, one might argue that Rojas has created a micro-landscape for the art world itself.